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  • Regaining a sense of belonging

    PAARY - modern retreat cottage

    Modern retreat cottage - rediscovering destinations in our own backyards

    Poland
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  • Prioritising the places and people that need it the most

    Planet A

    Planet A - a digital community for and by youths with ADHD

    Denmark
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  • Shaping a circular industrial ecosystem and supporting life-cycle thinking

    La Clairière

    Crafting open workshops in public forests to jointly transform prunings into vernacular products.

    France
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  • Shaping a circular industrial ecosystem and supporting life-cycle thinking

    The democracy of materials

    The democracy of materials, consists of "In abundance" and "Archaeology of a city mine"

    Stuttgart. , Germany
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  • Shaping a circular industrial ecosystem and supporting life-cycle thinking

    UnityShare, share and change the future!

    UnityShare made for encourage sustainable behaviour, designed for university and campus.

    Italy
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  • Regaining a sense of belonging

    EcHo (a documentary)

    Ec(h)o - Those Who Cannot Remember the Past

    Portugal
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  • Shaping a circular industrial ecosystem and supporting life-cycle thinking

    Reet Aus UPMADE collection

    First UPMADE certified industrially upcycled fashion collection in Europe

    CROSS-BORDER/INTERNATIONAL,Estonia, Poland
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  • Reconnecting with nature

    Ave for All - A city built by citizens

    Ave for All - A city built by citizens

    Guimarães Municipality, Portugal
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  • Regaining a sense of belonging

    Prague spots

    Prague spots

    Prague, Czechia
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  • Prioritising the places and people that need it the most

    To be a host a in hosting country

    To be a host in a hosting country: hospitality as empowerment in refugee centers

    CROSS-BORDER/INTERNATIONAL,Netherlands, Italy
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    Escola Oficina

    Portugal
    Employability and Capacitation are transversal areas to the entire population of Vila Nova de Gaia. Access to jobs and education can mitigate situations of vulnerability and impact on the social and economic development of citizens. ESCOLA OFICINA is a triple bottom line solution, since it provides social, environmental, and economic responses while advocating equal opportunities, by training unemployed people in the areas of sewing and graphic arts.
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    Polished Backyard 2016

    Plac na Glanc (Polished Backyard)

    Poland
    Polished Backyard is an annual event concerned with the revitalisation of Katowice's rundown urban backyards, which has been taking place since 2013. It is a response to the particular needs of citizens in post-industrial areas where space allowing neighbourly relationships is missing. The area is chosen in an open competition, the citizens may nominate their backyards. The participatory aspect is crucial - future users take part in both the creative process and its implementation.
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    Non Si Butta Via Niente

    NonSiButtaViaNiente: the first exhibit design sharing platform for museums

    Italy
    “NonSiButtaViaNiente”, an innovative start-up and benefit company, is the first national platform for sharing and recycling museum exhibits and inventories. Inspired by the principles of circular economy
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    FERCAM Echo Labs - Supply chain crafts

    Laboratory for the regeneration of wood from logistics disposable packaging.

    Italy
    FERCAM Echo Labs is a concrete example of industrial symbiosis that experiments production processes with low environmental impact and high social value, through a global approach and local projects. It uses a network of profit and non-profit companies and associations to feed a circular economy supply chain capable of utilising used wood avoiding its shredding or incineration. It trains fragile individuals, such as asylum seekers,to become skilled craftsmen able to build new beauty from waste.
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    Troc & Brol

    Troc & Brol - A Local Social Bulky Waste Management Platform

    Belgium
    The City of Brussels as launched its very first local social bulky waste management platform : Troc & Brol. This project is located in the very heart of Brussels, more specifically in the Marolles a small highly heterogeneous residential neighborhood. It aims to collectively collect, sort and repair discarded items and have them freely available for the neighborhood. It also provides a tool to transform habits and reflect upon our mode of consumption, items lifespan and their disposability.
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    yum design

    Yum design collects plastic from de Canary coast to create long life expectancy furniture

    Spain
    The Canary Islands are constantly receiving plastic from Northern sea currents. Yum design collects plastic from de Canary coast, mainly single-use plastic, to create long life expectancy and high-quality furniture. This plastic is mixed with a small amount of domestic single-use plastic to ensure an optimum furniture finishing. Our furniture demonstrates that ocean plastic can be used for a purpose that matches better with plastic properties.
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    Grow Green Cities for Climate

    Cities for Climate and Water Resilience, Sustainable Growth, Healthy Citizens and Environments

    Poland
    Wroclaw’s demonstration projects tackle the dual risks of flooding and heat stress. They are located in the Olbin district, a dense urban area that ranges from wealthy to socially deprived. They include several nature-based solutions– swales, raingardens and greenery. Community gardens and natural play areas gave space for the local people to socialize and produce their own vegetables. Biodiversity also benefits from the improved habitat, birdhouses and insect hotels.
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    The 5 Senses Open-air Museum of Sciacca

    Experiential, transformative and sustainable tourism enhancing local community cultural heritage

    Italy
    The 5 Senses Open-air Museum of Sciacca is a bottom-up tourism innovation project: the local community is the protagonist and works together to transform the town’s cultural heritage, art, crafts, history, gastronomy and landscapes - into beautiful, unforgettable, inclusive, cultural tourism experiences. The town becomes an open-air living museum where, by enhancing the community competencies and empowering individuals to transform local resources, a sustainable development is generated.
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    The Epic

    The Epic of the "Chemin de l'Ile"

    France
    As a multi-generational participative project, The Epic has forever preserved the heritage of the "Chemin de l’Ile", a large social housing district of Nanterre, where multi-cultural generations have been living since the 70s. Through the life stories of the elders, recorded by the young ones, it has captured the unique identity of a diverse neighbourhood that is about to experience a profound transformation through an extensive urban renewal programme. A remarkable community building model !
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    Cultural Oasis Domestica

    Domestica Community - An Emerging Cultural Oasis in Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Domestica Community - An Emerging Cultural Oasis in Bosnia and Herzegovina Domestica is an estate and a community that brings together people of similar thinking, feelings and actions in a simple and magical story that opens the door that lead to a better world. Domestica seeks to encourage us to return to nature, where man and nature act in collaboration and synchronization, in harmonious rhythm of existence. Domestica discovers and teaches us the secrets of nature which are inexhaustible.
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